Atium

Atium is one of the three god metals. An Allomancer burning atium is able to see into the future by a few seconds. Feruchemists can use atium to store age, and when used as a Hemalurgic spike, atium steals any property or power. The metal is a reflective, silvery colour, so much so that beads of atium almost appear to be drops of liquid.[1]

Atium is notable as it is the condensed power of the ShardRuin. It was sequestered away at the Pits of Hathsin by Preservation when the latter gave up his mind to trap Ruin.

Presumably, the name "atium" is inherited from Ati, the name of the original holder of the Shard Ruin, just as the name "lerasium" is inherited from Leras, the original holder of the Shard Preservation.

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An atium Misting is known as a Seer. Burning atium allows the user to see a few seconds into the future, by producing atium shadows of everything they can see. The shadows perform future actions. Burning atium expands the user's mind to be able to accept and process all of the information, even allowing the Allomancer to passively dodge incoming attacks from behind. If another Allomancer burning atium is encountered, the atium shadow will split, since each seeing into the other's future means that they can both make different decisions that affect both Allomancers' outcomes. An Allomancer's atium shadow will also split if they are burning electrum.

Burning duralumin with atium will allow an Allomancer to see the ultimate effects of their actions.[2] Aluminum objects do not generate atium shadows.[3]

Atium may also be alloyed with any of the other Allomatic metals. However the only currently known atium alloy is malatium an atium-gold alloy. These alloys grant various temporal effects when burned.[5]